In the heart of Istanbul, a city that once stood as a testament to Turkey's rapid economic growth, a family with three young children faces a harrowing reality that mirrors the struggles of countless others. As they fall three months behind on their rent, their lives unravel further – water and electricity are mercilessly shut off, and the persistent pounding of their landlord on the door is a haunting reminder of their dire circumstances. Their plight is but a glimpse into a larger crisis gripping the nation, where almost a third of the population teeters on the edge of poverty and social exclusion, as revealed by a recent report from the Turkish Statistical Institute. This distressing trend threatens to erase the hard-earned gains made in poverty reduction over the past decades, effectively erasing the remarkable progress Turkey had witnessed. The anonymous father of this besieged family shares his anguish, his voice shaking as he recounts his son's epilepsy and his own criti...